Railroad-tie.



C. G. B. GUNN.-

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED 111N314, 1911.

I 1,003,898. Pa ented Sept. 19,1911.

W1 T/VESSES Kinny, a citizen ofithe United States, residline of Fig. 2;

this invention consists in the construction,

are fol-t led with openingsgtherein in whi h n UNITED s ATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES GREEN BERY GUNN', OF WILLIAMSVILLE, MISSOURI.

RAILROAD-TIE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Genes Bear ing at lVilliamsvill'e, in the county of \Vayne and Stati iof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful.Improvements in ltaili'oatl-iies, of which the following isa specification.

- l.he: invention]pertains particularly to novel means for fastening rails to ties, used in combination with content railroad ties. comprising sections secured togethcn in a manner to provide an eiiicient andpractical construction which will ail'ord a' desired resilient action when rolling stock passes thereover.

A further advantageous feature of the construction of this device is the provision of means for clamping the, rails' to the ties which may be easily adjusted to increase the clamping action and thereby take up any play. between the rails and tie, or accommodate for ditierent size rails. and which will also permit of read disengagement from therails when it is t esired to replace the same by others.

WVith the above and other objects in view,

combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more full y described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a top plan view of a tie embodying the invention; Fig. 2 a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the and Fit. 4 is a view showing the modified form of clamping jaws. r

'lhroughout the following detail description and on'the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

-Ret'erring particularly to the drawings, the railroad tie embodying this invention is composed of sections 1, said sectionsbeing made oil? cement or other suitable material, though i do not wish to be coulined to such construction as it will be evident. that l ma} use wooden sections in place of cement. 'lhe inner contiguous ends oi the sections 1 are arran 'ed to abut at their upper portion and are tormcd at their lower portion with a space t]icrebetwetai, as clearly shown in l ig. 2 01 the drawings. The aforesaid sections 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 14, 1911.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911. Serial No. 633,036.

arejins erted bolts 2, said bolts being pro vided to secure the tie bar "3 to the railroad tie. The tie bar3 is preferably of malleable metal. and it will-be apparent that the same. atl'orcls a flexible connection between the'scctions 1 of thotiePj The outer extremities ot' the. tie bai"3"are--bent u )wardly and back upon fihe bar to form tlie 'clamping jaws 4 which are adapted to engage over the lower onterflanges of the rails 5 mounted upon said bar and tie. I i t Secured to the tie' bar 3 by means of the bolts 2 are, the clamping plates 6, said plates being provided with a series of openings 7, whereby an adjustable clamping action may be a llortlcd by said plates. The plates (3 are bent upwardly at their outer ends to form llangres tltfitmrageover the inner lower tlang 'es of the rail 5;"as will be apparent.

l ro'm the foregoing, it will be noted that this construction 6f tie barforms a very desirable ilerice' and one which will prevent spreading. .of-- the l'fillS.'r Thgmounting of the'clamping plate 6 permits of increased ciairrpinge'tl'ect on therails, thus permitting any play between the clampinp plate and flanges of the rails caused by vtbration and wear in useto be taken up. It will also be seen that it not necessary to disengage the. plates 6 cnti 'i ly from the tie bar when it is desired to rep la ce rails upon the tics.

Secured at its upper portion to the tie bar 3 there provided the yoke 8, said yoke extending downwardly and entirely surroundug the contiguous ends of the sections 1 in a manner to effectually house the same; and thus prevent the accumulation of dirt between the spaced lower portions of the said sections. By this construction, it will be seen thata flexible railroad tie is provided which will afi'orda very desirable resilient action when in use.

The construction of the tie above described will permit'of replacing portions of the saino when by accident one section may become broken, and therebyniuch expense will he saved in the use of this device.

In Fig. 4 is shown a moditied form of clamping jaws. It may be desirable in some instances to provide a construction of clamping jaws which maybe readily replaced, as I have illustrated in said figure, by a modified form of jaw a to engage over the outer lower tlanges of the rails which may be used in combination with a similarly formed clamping plate 6 to engage over the inner lower flanges of the rails, said clamping jaws at and plate 6 being secured to the tie bar 3 by means of bolts or the like,

As shown in the drawings, fprefer-to form the outer extremities of the sections 1 oflarger cross sectional area thaiisthe eontiguous'ends, which coi'istructi on afiords a greater ground bearing surface and also a better rail bearing surface, This feature of construction is particularlyadvantageous in the use of this construction of tie at curves for it is evident that the same will tend to prevent the ties from slipping due to pressure thereagainst. v a

Having thus fully described my invention, what is claimed. as new is l. A railroad tie comprising sections having contiguous ends, a tie bar flexibly connecting the sections, rails mounted on the tie bar, means for securingthe rails to the tie bar and ends of said sections, 1

2. A railroad tie comprising sections having contiguous ends, said ends abutting at their upper portions and cut away at their lower portions to form a space therebetween, a tie bar flexibly connecting the sections, a yoke secured at its upper portion to thetie bar and extending downwardly to :t'orm a housing forthe contiguous ends aforesaid,

tie, and a housing for the contiguous adapted.- to engage with the lower flanges of I the rails, clamping plates secured to the. tie

barand tie and adapted to engage with the opposite lowerv flanges of the rails, and a housing for the contiguous ends of saidsections. 4 l 4 4. A railroad tie comprising sections hava tie bar flexibly eoning contiguous ends, meeting the sections, rails mounted on the tie bar, said bar being bent back upon itself at its extremities to form clamping jaws adapted to engage with the lower flanges of the rails, adjustable clamping plates secured to the tie bar and tie and "adapted to engage with the opposite lower flanges of the rails, the contiguous ends of and a housing said sections.

In'testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

for

CHARLES GREEN ER'Y GU N'.

Witnesses:

I'IENRY Rosnn'rs, Jim-ms T. LACY.

a tie bar flexibly connecting the sections, IZLIlS I DOUHtGd on the tie 

